"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. " -Helen Keller

Thursday, October 08, 2009

The black hole strikes again...

Can anyone please explain to me how I can have something one minute and 5 minutes later I don't have it? I was working on hats for Preemie Presents last night. I finished crocheting one, set my hook down next to me, and finished off the hat. One of the kids had been up to go to the bathroom and asked me to tuck them back in and, by the time I came back out to the living room, my hook was gone. Now, with most sizes of crochet hooks, this wouldn't matter. I have multiples of most sizes...but not of this particular hook. It was the only size G hook I had...UGH.

I'm really beginning to think there is a black hole somewhere in my house that sucks these things in. Or, maybe its like that *episode of the Twilight Zone where there is a crew that constructs the future and, when they forget to build something into the future, that's when we lose things like our keys or our mp3 player or our crochet hooks. Then, if a few "scenes" into the future they remember to add said object into the tableau, we suddenly find the object in a place we know we've looked a thousand times.


*This is one of my all time favorite episodes of the newer version of The Twilight Zone. YOu can view the episode in 3 parts - here, here, and here.

11 comments:

battynurse said...

If you have cats I'd blame them. Mine are always stealing stuff from me.

Jen said...

I blame my kids lol

Shelly- Mom Files said...

I think we have ghosts in my house. I feel your pain.

Anonymous said...

From what I recall, don't you have pets? Maybe they got in one of their famed wrestling matches and the crochet hook was a casualty.

JuliaS said...

The Blue Guys! They are always losing my stuff for me . . .

Meari said...

Been there, done that, too! Frustrating to know you *just* had it. lol

AnotherDreamer said...

I discovered the black hole in my house- it is a joint effort between my couch, and my cats who hide things under the couch.

Frustrating!

Anonymous said...

This always always happens to me! I could swear I'm loosing my mind. I blame my dog sometimes... :)

Anonymous said...

Kind of like socks in our house I guess - 2 socks go into the laundry and only 1 comes back.

Lea White
http://whitesinnz.blogspot.com

MrsSpock said...

Maybe it's the same monster that steals socks from the dryer?

chicklet said...

I'm with Sheliza, I have ghosts. Very very quick ghosts.